Volume 24, Issue 73, January - June, 2023

Review on Vertebrates Preying by Common Garden Lizard Calotes cf. versicolor (Daudin, 1802)

Raju Vyas^1♦, Vedant K Upadhyay², Kartik Upadhyay²

¹Shashawat Apartment, BPC-Haveli Road, Nr. Splatter Studio, Alakapuri, Vadodara – 390007, Gujarat, India
²1/101 Avni Residence, Near Bansal Super Market, Gotri Vasna Road, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

^♦Corresponding author
Shashawat Apartment, BPC-Haveli Road, Nr. Splatter Studio, Alakapuri, Vadodara – 390007, Gujarat, India

ABSTRACT

The Common Garden lizard (Calotes cf. versicolor (Daudin, 1802)) is one of the most commonly inhabiting an urban garden. The lizard naturally preys on annelids, insects, myriapods, arachnids and crustaceans. In the rare case, the species prey on a few small vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals). Here, we present a review of vertebrates' diet in the menu of the species and a record of a common garden lizard predating on the fledgling Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) from its nest.

Keywords: Garden lizard, vertebrates' diet, Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802)

Species, 2023, 24(73), e31s1029

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e31s1029

Published: 9 April 2023